One of the S&P 500’s big winners for Tuesday December 22 was Nucor Corp. (NUE) as the company’s stock climbed 3.44% to $41.10 on volume of 2.16 million shares.

The stock opened at $39.78 and saw an intraday low of $39.75 and an intraday high of $41.25. All told, the day saw a per-share gain of $1.365. The stock’s average daily volume of 2.48 million and 319.61 million shares outstanding. Nucor Corp. now has a 50-day SMA is $41.31 and 200-day SMA is $43.85, and it has a 52-week high of $50.70 and a 52-week low of $36.76.

Nucor Corp and its affiliates are manufacturer of steel and steel products. It also produces direct reduced iron for use in the Company's steel mills.

Based out of Charlotte, NC, Nucor Corp. has 23,600 employees and, after today’s trading, reached a market cap of $13.13 billion. Its P/S ratio is n/a, P/B ratio is 1.7, and P/FCF ratio is 25.2.

The S&P 500 represents the industry standard for large-cap indices. While the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) may be the most visible stock market index in the country, the S&P 500 has long been relied on by industry insiders and fund managers as the more reliable gauge of portfolio performance.

While the DJIA is price-weighted and only includes 30 stocks, the S&P 500 uses a weighting system that factors in market cap and the size of a company’s free float while including some 500 stocks for a more comprehensive look at the broader markets’ performance. Its performance is far more representative of the large- and mega-cap stocks for any period of time.

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